This is from the Detroit News and it makes sense.

Editorial: Police should handle campus sex assaults

Michigan’s first lady wants more awareness directed to sexual assaults on college campuses. That’s a good call, but universities are already on high alert from the federal government that they must crackdown on assaults. If the state wants to make a real difference, it should pass a law requiring that police investigate all campus sexual assault allegations.

Sue Snyder held a summit Monday on campus sexual assaults, which highlighted victims, professors and others experts on the topic. Her husband, Gov. Rick Snyder, announced $500,000 in the 2016 budget for implementing best practices on college campuses to help prevent sexual assault.

But the summit focused little on the problems that come with schools trying to muddle through these complicated cases on their own, with real repercussions for both the victim and the accused.

State Rep. Laura Cox, R-Livonia, participated in Snyder’s summit, and the former law enforcement officer is troubled by universities handling sexual assault internally and without the aid of police.

“A crime is a crime whether you commit it on a college campus or in a backyard,” she says. Cox says she is an advocate for victims but that she’s also concerned about due process for the accused. “There are gaps in the process,” Cox says.

Rape and sexual assault are crimes. Period. If a student reports such an incident, university officials should call police immediately.